erpeticaTRIBAL AND HERBAL MEDICINE USESThe Tikuna Indians of the Amazon prepare a decocotion of the flowers as a purgative and one cup is taken each morning. In Cuba, the plant is named guacamaya francesa and it is used for herpes ulcers and other sk

Cingalesecalculation), when all the gods, the Brahmas,and the human beings, with offers of fragrantflowers, lifting up their hands unto their forehead,addressed him : " Lord there is no one either toequal or excel you; you are the most high."And the

young people off overhills, through woods, and along the shores of theponds, stopping to pick wild flowers by the way, andoften bringing a specimen home to dissect and analyzewith the help of " Gray's Botany." On brilliantstar-light nights she taugh

calamus aromaticus^arid orange-peel, of each half an ounce, with threeor four handfuls of camomile-flowers, and an hand*ful of coriander-feed, all bruifcd together in a mor-tar, may be ufed in form of infufion or tea. Abouthalf an handful of thefe i

in some gardens and absent from others. It comes outbefore dawn and after sunset, and is always at flowers, particularlythose of lilies.107. Pratapa alexis. — This species is very abundant in thecountry surrounding Bombay during the rains. I have fo

ent services will take place in the Waterbury Center Cemetery this spring. The family requests that flowers be omitted; rather memorial gifts would be appreciated to the Waterbury Ambulance Service, PO Box 95, Waterbury Center VT 05677. To send on-li

ions, the ceremony ofpouring water on the earth, the ploughing ceremony,the gift of gold and silver flowers at coronations, &c.Some may perhaps be interested in the comparisons Ihave endeavoured to draw between Siamese and Sans-crit words. 1 was move

ropical dicotyledenous flowering herbs, shrubs and trees with a few temperate species.The irregular flowers have five sepals and five petals which may be joined at their base to form a tube. Leaves and flowers may be softly hairy and are mostly oppos

kea spacious and delightful garden ; here and there allowed to run wild, butteeming with fruits and flowers, watered by perennial streams, and even itsmost tangled thickets intersected with delightful pathways." The character of Rama is nobly pourtra